[Single coronary artery with a right origin: angiography identification of the R-II subgroup]

Cardiologia. 1999 Apr;44(4):385-9.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

This case report illustrates the clinical and angiographic findings of 2 patients undergoing coronary angiography for ischemic heart disease and with the unexpected presence of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the right aortic sinus. The angiographic classification of the different subgroups of single coronary artery is reviewed and the 2 cases are identified as type R-II with septal and anterior course of the left main stem.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / pathology
  • Humans
  • Male